Representative List
CONVENTION FOR THE SAFEGUARDING OF THE INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE
INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEE FOR THE
SAFEGUARDING OF THE INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE
Twelfth session
Jeju Island, Republic of Korea 4 to 8 December 2017
Nomination file no. 01287
for inscription in 2017 on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
A. State(s) Party(ies)
For multi-national nominations, States Parties should be listed in the order on which they have mutually agreed.
Bulgaria, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Moldova and Romania
B. Name of the element
B.1. Name of the element in English or French
Indicate the official name of the element that will appear in published material.
Not to exceed 200 characters
Cultural Practices Associated to the 1st of March
B.2. Name of the element in the language and script of the community concerned, if applicable
Indicate the official name of the element in the vernacular language corresponding to the official name in English or French (point B.1).
Not to exceed 200 characters
Mártenitsa (Мартеница) - Republic of Bulgaria
Martinki (Мартинки) - the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Mărţişor - Republic of Moldova
Mărţişor – Romania
B.3. Other name(s) of the element, if any
In addition to the official name(s) of the element (point B.1) mention alternate name(s), if any, by which the element is known.
Baba Marta (Баба Марта) - Republic of Bulgaria
Marta (Марта), Prvna Marta (Првна Марта), Baba Marta (Баба Марта), Martinden (Мартинден) Letnik (Летник), Monyaci (Mоњаци), M’lnyaci (M’лњаци) - the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Mărţiguş (southern part of the country), Baba Odochia / Dochia – Republic of Moldova Marţ, Marţu, Mărţic, Mărţug, Mărţiguş – Romania
C. Name of the communities, groups or, if applicable, individuals concerned
Identify clearly one or several communities, groups or, if applicable, individuals concerned with the nominated element.
Not to exceed 150 words
The element has deep roots in the beliefs and traditions of the population in all urban and rural regions across all four countries. All members of the concerned communities, irrespective of age, participate in traditional practices associated with the 1st of March.
The following communities took part in the nomination process:
Bulgaria: Sofia (capital city) - National Chitalishte [culture Centre] “Bacho Kiro – 1945”, and National Chitalishte [culture Centre] “P. K. Yavorov – 1926” in the village of Meshtitsa, Pernik region
the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: In most of the Macedonian households the adult women, children and younger generation can be identified as main bearers and beneficiaries.
Therefore the element is viable in most of the Macedonian communities in the state. The Municipality of Skopje (capital city), the Municipality of Strumica (eastern part of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) and NGO HAEMUS – Skopje were chosen as the most representative communities taking active part in preparing the multinational nomination.
Republic of Moldova: Chişinău (capital city), Sofia (Drochia district), Ciuciulea (Glodeni district), Corneşti city (Ungheni district), Hârbăvăţ (Anenii Noi district), Leuşeni (Hânceşti district), Vălcineţ (Călăraşi district).
Romania: Bucharest (capital city) and communes Buciumi (Sălaj county),Cepleniţa and Cucuteni (Iaşi county), Giurgiţa (Dolj county), Mihail Kogălniceanu (Constanţa county).
D. Geographical location and range of the element
Provide information on the distribution of the element within the territory(ies) of the submitting State(s), indicating if possible the location(s) in which it is centred. Nominations should concentrate on the situation of the element within the territories of the submitting States, while acknowledging the existence of same or similar elements outside their territories, and submitting States should not refer to the viability of such intangible cultural heritage outside their territories or characterize the safeguarding efforts of other States.
Not to exceed 150 words
The element belongs to the living heritage of all towns and villages throughout Bulgaria, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the Republic of Moldova and Romania. In Romania, 503 urban and rural communities preserve the element, according to the Romanian Ethnographic Atlas. In the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the element is viable and traditionally practised in family context by the Macedonian population in the entire country.
The communities in the cities and communes who have taken part in the nomination process are representative for practising the element in urban and rural areas respectively, illustrating well preserved local variants of the element in the four countries.
In the Republic of Moldova, many of the components of the cultural practices associated to the 1st of March are centred in several representative settlements, in the north, centre and south of
the country. These settlements develop educational, artistic, agricultural and economical activities. The organization of social and cultural events in such settlements is often used to display information about the element, and on the other side attracts a certain part of the public, for example young people, who are delighted by the different forms and contemporary artistic techniques of making Mărţişoare. Many examples of such events enhance social cohesion. Also in Moldova all the ethnic groups identify themselves by means of Mărţişor (Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Russian, Gagauz etc.).
E. Contact person for correspondence
E.1. Designated contact person
Provide the name, address and other contact information of a single person responsible for all correspondence concerning the nomination. For multi-national nominations provide complete contact information for one person designated by the States Parties as the main contact person for all correspondence relating to the nomination.
Title (Ms/Mr, etc.): Ms
Family name: Fruntelată Given name: Ioana-Ruxandra
Institution/position: University of Bucharest, Associate Professor, Ph.D.
Address: Faculty of Letters, University of Bucharest, 14 Edgar Quinet Street, Bucharest, Romania, sector 1, 010018
Telephone number: +40723 761 885
E-mail address: i.fruntelata@yahoo.com Other relevant
information: contact person for all correspondence relating to the nomination
E.2. Other contact persons (for multi-national files only)
Provide below complete contact information for one person in each submitting State, other than the primary contact person identified above.
1. Title (Ms/Mr, etc.): Mr Family name: Velev Given name: Ventzislav
Institution/position: Ministry of Culture, Director of Regional Activities Department Address: Al. Stamboliyski blvd, 17, Sofia 1000, Bulgaria
Telephone number: +359 2 94 00 897
E-mail address: v.velev@mc.government.bg
Contact person in Bulgaria for correspondence relating to the nomination 2. Title (Ms/Mr, etc.): Ms
Family name: Stojkova Serafimovska Given name: Velika
Institution/position: Scientific researcher, PhD, Institute of Folklore "Marko Cepenkov", University
“St. Kiril and Metodij” – Skopje
Address: ul. Ruzveltova 3, 1000, Skopje, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Telephone number: + (389) 232 897 78
E-mail address: lika73@yahoo.com
Contact person in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia for correspondence relating to nomination
3. Title (Ms/Mr, etc.): Ms Family name: Buzilă Given name: Varvara
Institution/position: National Museum of Ethnography and Natural History from the Republic of
Moldova
Address: MD-2009, 82 M. Kogălniceanu Street, Chişinău, Republic of Moldova Telephone number: + 373 22 24 54 09
E-mail address: buzila.varvara@gmail.com
Contact person in Republic of Moldova for correspondence relating to nomination 4. Title (Ms/Mr, etc.): Ms
Family name: Pirvu Given name: Catalina
Institution/position: Counsellor, Department of International Relations and European Affairs, Ministry of Culture
Address: 22 Unirii Ave., Bucharest, Romania, 3rd District, 030833 Telephone number: +4 021 224 37 67
E-mail address: pirvu.catalina@cultura.ro, pirvu.catalina@yahoo.com Contact person in Romania for correspondence relating to the nomination
1. Identification and definition of the element
For Criterion R.1, the States shall demonstrate that ‘the element constitutes intangible cultural heritage as defined in Article 2 of the Convention’.
Tick one or more boxes to identify the domain(s) of intangible cultural heritage manifested by the element, which might include one or more of the domains identified in Article 2.2 of the Convention. If you tick ‘other(s)’, specify the domain(s) in brackets.
oral traditions and expressions, including language as a vehicle of the intangible cultural heritage performing arts
social practices, rituals and festive events
knowledge and practices concerning nature and the universe traditional craftsmanship
other(s) ( )
This section should address all the significant features of the element as it exists at present, and should include:
a. an explanation of its social functions and cultural meanings today, within and for its community, b. the characteristics of the bearers and practitioners of the element,
c. any specific roles, including gender or categories of persons with special responsibilities towards the element,
d. the current modes of transmission of the knowledge and skills related to the element.
The Committee should receive sufficient information to determine:
a. that the element is among the ‘practices, representations, expressions, knowledge, skills — as well as the instruments, objects, artefacts and cultural spaces associated therewith —’;
b. ‘that communities, groups and, in some cases, individuals recognize [it] as part of their cultural heritage’;
c. that it is being ‘transmitted from generation to generation, [and] is constantly recreated by communities and groups in response to their environment, their interaction with nature and their history’;
d. that it provides communities and groups involved with ‘a sense of identity and continuity’; and
e. that it is not incompatible with ‘existing international human rights instruments as well as with the requirements of mutual respect among communities, groups and individuals, and of sustainable development’.
Overly technical descriptions should be avoided and submitting States should keep in mind that this section must explain the element to readers who have no prior knowledge or direct experience of it. Nomination files need not address in detail the history of the element, or its origin or antiquity.
(i) Provide a brief summary description of the element that can introduce it to readers who have never seen or experienced it.
Not fewer than 150 or more than 250 words
Cultural practices associated to the 1st of March comprise transmitted traditions ever since
ancient times to celebrate the beginning of spring. The main practice consists in the fact that people wear a red and white thread, to ensure the safe and harmonious passage from winter to spring for individuals, groups and communities. To that respect, on 1st of March (or the 14th of March, in the “old style”/ Julian Christian calendar which is still observed by part of the population in the four countries) women would make a thread of two twisted woollen (or other material) threads, a red (occasionally yellow, green, blue or black) and a white one. The resulting artefact, called Martenitsa (Bulgaria), Martinka (the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) or Mărţişor (Moldova and Romania), is offered to community members, mostly children and young people, who wear it around the neck, wrist, ankle, belly or later pinned to their clothes. In some rural areas in the eastern parts of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Moldova, Romania, the artefact is made early in the morning, before sunrise. According to traditional beliefs, the artefact should bring good health, fortune and protection to the one who is wearing it.
It is also considered that the artefact provides symbolic protection on the 1st of March, against capricious weather. In rural areas, especially in Moldova and Romania, the artefact could also be tied around cattle horns, by the neck of foals or attached to the door or gate posts according to the belief that it would protect the household, people and cattle in the year to come. In rural areas of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, it is still strongly believed that the artefact will provide protection against snake bite and other unpleasant incidents during the summer field work. The period of wearing the artefact begins with the 1st of March and its length varies from 2 or 3 days up to several weeks, usually including the first 9 or 12 days of the month, days called
“Baba Marta” (in Bulgaria and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) and “Baba Dochia”
(in Romania and the Republic of Moldova) in different areas of the four countries. When the first blossom tree, or the first swallow or stork is seen, the thread is untied and hung on a tree branch in blossom, deposited under a stone, or thrown into a well or on a grass bed. Since it is a matter of living practices, in some urban environments, the red-and-white thread has known some variations. The textile industry has provided silk red-and-white threads to which trinkets made of various materials (metal, wood, glass, textile) have been added. These little objects attached to the red-and-white thread express symbols of the awakening of nature and stress interpersonal relationships.
A few other local practices (such as purification and cleaning actions in Moldova) can be added to the description above, as part of a larger spring celebration cultural frame.
(ii) Who are the bearers and practitioners of the element? Are there any specific roles, including gender or categories of persons with special responsibilities for the practice and transmission of the element? If yes, who are they and what are their responsibilities?
Not fewer than 150 or more than 250 words
All community members are bearers, practitioners and beneficiaries of the element. The practices and their significances unite the members of different groups. Women, usually the older ones in each family, are assigned the special role of making the red-and-white thread.
Different members of families and community groups have distinct functions: women and young girls clean up the houses, men clean the courtyards and burn the garbage in the countryside (an important practice for the sanitation of private and public space). Women or other members of the family can offer the artefact to their family members, children, friends, colleagues, neighbours and teachers. Beginning with the twentieth century, in Bulgaria, Moldova and Romania, men have the possibility to buy the artefact and offer it themselves. A lot of people wear the symbolic artefacts. Recently, in some larger towns, 1st of March artefacts have been provided by craftsmen, manufacturers and in Romania, even factories. The trinkets attached to the red-and-white threads can be unique artistic creations or handicrafts made by craftsmen or by amateurs or even serial domestic or imported products. Preschool and school teachers, helped by cultural operators, work with children to make 1st of March artefacts and they organise events to celebrate the beginning of spring.
(iii) How are the knowledge and skills related to the element transmitted today?
Not fewer than 150 or more than 250 words
The 1st of March is a current and flourishing celebration in contemporary society and it is
marked every year all over the territory of the four countries. Although at present 1st of March artefacts display a wide variety of forms and they are often commercialised, the traditional components of the element are well known to the members of communities, being transmitted to the younger generation especially by women.
Informal education is the most frequent means used to transmit knowledge and skills related to the element. In rural areas, little girls help to make the red-and-white thread, learning from aged women to preserve tradition. In urban areas, especially in workshops of 1st of March artefact creators, apprentices learn from teachers, craftsmen and craftswomen also by means of informal education. Preschool and school activities dedicated to preparation of 1st of March celebrations create a favourable occasion to transmit cultural information about the element. Another such occasion is provided by Martenitsa/ Martinka/ Mărţişor workshops organized by ethnographic museums for the benefit of children who can learn from experts about cultural practices associated to the 1st of March. Craftsmen initiate people of different ages and gender into various techniques of making 1st of March artefacts, contributing to social cohesion and intergenerational dialogue and also encouraging diversity and creativity.
(iv) What social functions and cultural meanings does the element have today for its community?
Not fewer than 150 or more than 250 words
Offering 1st of March artefacts to family members, friends, relatives, colleagues and acquaintances is a way to show love and respect, to wish good health and prosperity, to assert social solidarity. Recently, the artefact has become very popular among children. This way of sharing the joy of celebrating the 1st of March in different age and gender groups emphasises the strong social ties which raise the awareness of its importance for belonging, identity and continuity. It is also a way to acknowledge old traditions that are part of local and national identities, even under difficult political circumstances (as for example in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, where practices were preserved against certain communist suppression).
The main functions of the element are: the belief that the artefact will bring protection during the summer fieldwork and the connection with blossom three and migrating birds, which express the strong interaction with nature; the marking of the passage from winter to spring; and a function of celebrating an important moment in the folk calendar (as expressed by the Bulgarian and Macedonian folk phrase "Баба Марта" - "Old/Granny Marta" or Zilele Babei Dochia/ Odochia – the days of Granny Dochia, according to folk calendars in Moldova and Romania). The social function of the element is that of enhancing the cohesion of communities. An extended social function can be noticed lately when the element is practised in the educational system and in public spaces. Another function is the practical one: it marks the beginning of agricultural activities. Also, the element has an economic function as result of the commercialization of artefacts; a psychological function of sharing joy and affection by exchanging artefacts; a magic function to ensure fertility for young girls about to be married (in Bulgaria); and finally an identity function that is expressed by the feeling of belonging to the same regional (south-east European) group.
The main cultural meanings of the element consist today in its ancient symbolic nature: in the chromatic symbolism of thread, the colour white suggests the purity of the beginning for most element bearers, while red stands for an attribute of vitality (health, beauty or love). The object attached to the thread is similar to an amulet and it can particularize the symbolic message of the red-and-white artefact (for example, in Romania, a little horseshoe is supposed to bring good luck for its receiver).
(v) Is there any part of the element that is not compatible with existing international human rights instruments or with the requirement of mutual respect among communities, groups and individuals, or with sustainable development?
Not fewer than 150 or more than 250 words
The element is utterly compatible with existing international human rights instruments and with the requirement of mutual respect among communities, groups and individuals. It contributes to social cohesion and enhances human solidarity, encouraging its bearers, irrespective of age,
gender, ethnicity or religious status, to participate to the festive spirit of spring beginning and to share the feeling of belonging to the same collective identity. Cultural practices associated to the 1st of March do not imply any incompatibility with social ethics or sustainable development and the element, as it is recorded in the national inventories and ICH safeguarding programmes, does not leave room for any discriminatory practices. On the contrary, it encourages communities to assert their solidarity by contributing to the preservation and development of inherited tradition. By enacting 1st of March cultural practices, knowledge of folk mentality regarding calendar is transmitted and diversity and creativity are encouraged. At the same time, the element is a source of sustainable development.
2. Contribution to ensuring visibility and awareness and to encouragingdialogue
For Criterion R.2, the States shall demonstrate that ‘Inscription of the element will contribute to ensuring visibility and awareness of the significance of the intangible cultural heritage and to encouraging dialogue, thus reflecting cultural diversity worldwide and testifying to human creativity’. This criterion will only be considered to be satisfied if the nomination demonstrates how the possible inscription will contribute to ensuring visibility and awareness of the significance of the intangible cultural heritage in general, and not only of the inscribed element itself, and to encouraging dialogue which respects cultural diversity.
(i) How can inscription of the element on the Representative List contribute to the visibility of the intangible cultural heritage in general and raise awareness of its importance at the local, national and international levels?
Not fewer than 100 or more than 150 words
The inscription would enrich the Representative List with an element that preserves ancient knowledge about nature and universe in a European area with temperate climate, providing an example of people living harmoniously in agreement with their inherited folk calendars. The inscription can raise awareness of the intangible aspects of traditional calendars. While preparing this nomination file, communities have reinforced their interest in preserving such valuable components in all their rich diversity. As ICH means living heritage, the inscription of one element enhances the visibility of all the other elements in the same domain.
In addition, the inscription would draw attention upon the dynamic of ICH practised both in rural and urban environments.
As the element is very popular in all four submitting countries, its inscription would strengthen public awareness of the concept of intangible cultural heritage and of UNESCO's actions to support ICH.
Moreover, since the nomination, the element has already acquired increased visibility. Its practising can be seen also outside of households, in public spaces. Our experience with previously nominated elements points out the fact that inscription encourages communities to discover ICH and establish an intercultural dialogue, finding out new solutions and best practices to preserve and promote their heritage.
Also, the officials in states submitting the nomination proposal can use the argument of having the element inscribed on the List to encourage development of national cultural politics aimed at supporting intangible cultural heritage.
Moreover, the inscription of the element on the List can enhance recognition of existing common intangible cultural heritage in a large south-eastern European area.
(ii) How can inscription encourage dialogue among communities, groups and individuals?
Not fewer than 100 or more than 150 words
Inscription can enhance concern to preserve the local identity component of the element at community level, by encouraging dialogue among communities, groups and individuals to reach agreement on best practices to safeguard the element.
Moreover, the social recognition brought about by inscription can motivate young people to engage in stronger dialogue with older generations and find ways to appropriate their cultural
heritage and to assume its transmission.
On the other hand, the element is part of the heritage of several ethnic groups living in the representative communities and inscription can therefore encourage inter-ethnic dialogue having as purpose the enhancement of social harmony and of respect for cultural diversity. During the elaboration of the nomination expressive practices associated to the element and its functions have been identified. Communities have been involved in the identification and description of the practices which are part of the element, such as the various forms of the artefacts, or the period of wearing them etc. Also, round-tables, seminars and similar events have been organised by different involved actors to discuss the impact of the proposed inscription on the UNESCO Representative List, and community members have been motivated to develop new actions for the documentation and transmission of local traditions. Young generation have been in touch with old generation and have engaged in fruitful dialogues on the safeguarding of local cultural values, with the help of teachers and cultural operators.
Although in recent years there have been some activities of exchanging artefacts between communities that live close to the borders between submitting state parties, the inscription will encourage further cross-border interaction between the communities which share the element.
Furthermore, the inscription of the element can engage cultural actors in the four submitting countries into a fruitful dialogue on the shared intangible cultural heritage in South-Eastern Europe.
(iii) How can inscription promote respect for cultural diversity and human creativity?
Not fewer than 100 or more than 150 words
The element proposed for inscription consists of practices and objects of great diversity, functioning according to a homogeneous pattern of spring celebration. The activity of crafting various types of 1st of March artefacts, especially in urban environment, encourages and develops human creativity. The fact that the bearers from different states are much aware of the local, regional and national particulars of the artefact promotes the respect for cultural diversity.
Moreover, the example of the mutual celebration of the Macedonians (Christian and Muslim) and Albanians of the beginning of spring (Letnik) on March 14 in the south-western part of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia reinforces connections between different religious communities with similar beliefs.
Inscription can motivate local government funding for safeguarding programmes that envisage promotion of respect for cultural diversity and of dialogue among different age, gender and professional groups and also among groups with different ethnic background.
Moreover, inscription can act as an argument for NGOs and community members with cultural activity to continue to submit and develop projects that could promote the spectacular diversity of the element and support the creativity of artefact makers.
3. Safeguarding measures
For Criterion R.3, the States shall demonstrate that ‘safeguarding measures are elaborated that may protect and promote the element’.
3.a. Past and current efforts to safeguard the element
(i) How is the viability of the element being ensured by the concerned communities, groups or, if applicable, individuals? What past and current initiatives have they taken in this regard?
Not fewer than 150 or more than 250 words
As the element is still alive in the four countries, its transmission is spontaneous and encouraged by informal learning in family, neighbourhood or workshops and also by dedicated school optional programmes or museum pedagogy programmes.
Every year the National Ethnographic Museum in Bulgaria, the National Museum of Ethnography and Natural History in the Republic of Moldova, “Dimitrie Gusti” National Village Museum in Romania and similar institutions organise workshops for children and adults for preparing 1st of
March artefacts, observing their morphological and functional characteristics.
1st of March is also celebrated in preschools and schools, by exchanging 1st of March artefacts, organising national, regional or local exhibitions, competitions (as in the village Meshtitsa, Pernik region, Bulgaria) and other artistic activities often oriented towards charity purposes.
Several town councils and owners of private collections provide material support for the maintenance of the element and protection of its diversity.
In the Republic of Moldova creators of the artefact and other bearing groups assure the annual transmission of the forms and functions of the element by means of individual and local initiatives that are supported financially by local authorities.
The element is studied by intangible cultural heritage experts, and documents and artefacts are collected and preserved in archives, museums and galleries. For example, "Constantin Brăiloiu"
Institute of Ethnography and Folklore of the Romanian Academy coordinated activities concerning the identification, documenting and research of the element between 1963 and 2013 (major results being published in the Romanian Ethnographic Atlas, volume 5).
In recent years, several communities and NGOs in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia have initiated projects and events connected with the element. The events have included making Martinki and explaining their meaning in preschools and schools, and organising an interactive exhibition in city malls and public squares for making artefacts and offering them to the passers- by. The exhibition has provided printed materials containing explanations of the meaning of each artefact and its specific functions. On the 1st of March 2016, two NGOs from Delchevo (the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) and Blagoevgrad (Bulgaria) had a mutual event of
“connection between the women of the two communities”. One of the events consisted in making and sharing Martenitsi/ Martinki together. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmOjRwBE_nc).
Since 2012, the NGO HAEMUS every year on 1st of March has organised an interactive event in the biggest shopping mall in Skopje (the capital of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) by means of which visitors can be introduced to the skills of making Martinka and they receive or buy artefacts. In 2016 the same event was organised as a multinational exhibition of 1st of March artefacts from the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Bulgaria and the Republic of Moldova. The same exhibition was presented in all the four submitting countries. The event was supported by the Municipality of Skopje, which is one of the communities concerned.
Tick one or more boxes to identify the safeguarding measures that have been and are currently being taken by the communities, groups or individuals concerned:
transmission, particularly through formal and non-formal education identification, documentation, research
preservation, protection promotion, enhancement revitalization
(ii) How have the concerned States Parties safeguarded the element? Specify external or internal constraints, such as limited resources. What are its past and current efforts in this regard?
Not fewer than 150 or more than 250 words
Scientific institutes, museums, schools, chitalishta [culture Centres in Bulgaria] and others in the four countries support inventorying, research, documentation and promotion of the element, as detailed below.
Republic of Bulgaria, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Moldova and Romania have initiated administrative and institutional measures in order to protect the Intangible Cultural Heritage, beginning with adopting Laws of Safeguarding the ICH (Cultural Heritage Act, effective from 10/04/2009, promulgated in State Gazette, 13/3/2009, amended 9/10/2009 - Republic of Bulgaria; Law on Protection of Cultural Heritage 20/04 from 2004, with 11 amendments up to 2015 – the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; Law no.58/03.29.2012 – Republic of Moldova; Law no.26/02.29.2008, with 2 amendments –
Romania).
National Commissions for the ICH Safeguarding were set up by Orders of Ministers of Culture in each country, in 2008 - Republic of Bulgaria; in 2008 – Romania; in 2009 - Republic of Moldova;
in 2011 – former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
Also, National Inventories of the Intangible Cultural Heritage were published (2004 - Republic of Bulgaria; 2009 – Romania; 2012 – Republic of Moldova; 2013 – former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia).
In the Republic of Moldova, activities like seminars and debates regarding the evolution and transmission of the element were organised at national and local level, with the participation of communities. Local authorities, schools, and other institutions provide annual financial and logistic support for projects dedicated to Mărţişor traditions. The Ministry of Culture adopted the National Strategy for Development of Culture – “Cultura 2020” in 2014 (www.mc.gov.md), including measures aimed at safeguarding ICH at all levels, and involving other institutions as well in the process. In 2015 the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Moldova supported a project of the Society of Ethnology regarding the promotion of the element, with results such as:
a book on the element in the four submitting countries, a documentary film about Mărţişor, exhibitions and workshops dedicated to the element.
In the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the Department for Intangible Cultural Heritage into the Directorate for Protection of the Cultural Heritage was founded in 2009. The experts' Council for Intangible Cultural Heritage was established in 2011 and the ICH electronic inventory. The National Informative System for Cultural Heritage (http://niskn.gov.mk/) was initiated. The Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Education and Science of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia have included several projects in their programme for safeguarding and promoting the element as part of the ICH of the country, supporting Martinki workshops in almost every preschool and elementary school in the country. The Municipalities of Skopje, Strumica and Delchevo have participated in several events (exhibitions and workshops), aiming to promote the element at local level. The UNESCO Club of the NGO HAEMUS from Skopje organised a multinational exhibition in 2016 with representatives from Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia.
The municipality of Delchevo supported an interactive workshop of Bulgaria and Macedonia through the Interreg-IPA Cross-borders Cooperation Program/Fund.
Nevertheless, there are also constraints, mainly the lack of appropriate government funding for developing further projects to safeguard the element.
Tick one or more boxes to identify the safeguarding measures that have been and are currently being taken by the State(s) Party(ies) with regard to the element:
transmission, particularly through formal and non-formal education identification, documentation, research
preservation, protection promotion, enhancement revitalization
3.b. Safeguarding measures proposed
This section should identify and describe safeguarding measures that will be implemented, especially those intended to protect and promote the element. The safeguarding measures should be described in terms of concrete engagements of the States Parties and communities and not only in terms of possibilities and potentialities.
(i) What measures are proposed to help to ensure that the element’s viability is not jeopardized in the future, especially as an unintended result of inscription and the resulting visibility and public attention?
Not fewer than 500 or more than 750 words
The safeguarding measures proposed will support the viability of the element, taking into consideration the specific contexts in which the element is practised and transmitted in the representative communities in the four submitting countries.
A first necessary step in order to coordinate the efforts of involved parties towards an efficient implementation of the designed measures will be to set up a network for the safeguarding of the element (further named: network), including volunteer actors from state institutions, representative communities, NGOs, commercial organizations, and media.
The members of the network will collect and exchange information regarding the implementation of the proposed measures, in order to adjust and adapt measures to local contexts of practising the element. Their activity will be permanent.
The proposed set of measures includes:
1. Administrative measures
1a) drafting of collaboration protocols between central administrations and institutions/ bodies or persons abilitated to safeguard cultural practices associated to the 1st of March
1b) reviewing rules and regulations concerning the functioning of workshops where 1st of March artefacts are crafted, and proposing amends to ensure the safety of work and protection of environment
2. Safeguarding measures
2a) drawing up inventories of local materials and techniques employed in manufacturing 1st of March artefacts
2b) documentation and research in representative communities, followed by annual updating of the element in national inventories
2c) supporting debates on the dynamic of the element in local communities, encouraging intergenerational dialogue and raising awareness of the age and gender roles involved in the safeguarding of the element
3. Measures regarding transmission of knowledge and techniques necessary to safeguard the element
3a) supporting informal transmission of local knowledge about the element, in order to prevent de-contextualization induced by exposure in the media, as a possible consequence of the inscription
3b) supporting inclusion of updated information on the element in optional school curricula of representative communities, including information about the local aspects of the element, in order to enhance the feelings of belonging and continuity generated by sharing knowledge about the element
3c) supporting communities to obtain material and facilitate their access to necessary technology to craft specific objects, according to patterns that are part of local identity
4. Promotion measures
4a) supporting collaboration among responsible institutions for the safeguarding of the ICH and mass media operators and organising informative campaigns to promote the viability of the element at local, regional, national, and international levels
4b) inviting members of representative communities to present the local characteristics of the element to different social actors
4c) organising itinerant exhibitions and workshops regarding the element in order to encourage the dialogue about diversity and creativity at local, regional, national, and international levels 5. Measures regarding international cooperation
5a) collaboration with UNESCO international experts in order to refine experience of safeguarding the ICH
5b) supporting the participation of community members – bearers of the element to annual international cultural exchanges in the period around 1st of March
5c) supporting cross-border projects and events aimed to enhance collaboration between communities from all four countries.
Actors responsible to put into operation the set of proposed measures:
1a) Ministries of Culture, with support of representative communities 1b) representative communities, with support of network
2a) representative communities, with support of National Commissions for the Safeguarding of the ICH
2b) National Commissions for the Safeguarding of the ICH, with support of representative communities
2c) representative communities
3a) representative communities, with support of network
3b) National Commissions for the Safeguarding of the ICH, with support of representative communities
3c) network, with support of NGOs
4a) representative communities, National Commissions for the Safeguarding of the ICH, and network
4b) representative communities, NGOs and network
4c) representative communities, with support of Ministries of Culture and network
5a) National Commissions for the Safeguarding of the ICH, with support of representative communities
5b) Ministries of Culture, with support of NGOs and representative communities
The implementation of the measures outlined above and their effect upon the element will be monitored permanently by the National Commissions for the Safeguarding of the ICH in the four submitting countries, with support of network and of representative communities. Annual reports will be drawn up to assess the consequences of inscription upon the viability of the element and to adjust the designed measures so as to meet any unintended consequences (such as excessive commercialization or media exposure of the element).
(ii) How will the States Parties concerned support the implementation of the proposed safeguarding measures?
Not fewer than 150 or more than 250 words
Legislation with regard to the safeguarding of the ICH has been approved in all participant States and provides a useful frame for the implementation of the proposed administrative measures.
National Commissions for the Safeguarding of the ICH and/ or Cultural Heritage Protection Institutes subordinated to Ministries of Culture in all four States are competent to coordinate and monitor the implementation of the safeguarding measures, as well as to assess, with support of representative communities, the possible unintended consequences of the inscription at local, regional, national, and international levels. At the same time, the members of the National Commissions are also ethnologists, academics, museum experts, or cultural operators who have the necessary expertise and institutional connections to ensure that State support for the implementation of the proposed measures is granted in due course. Previous experience of all four States regarding inscription of ICH elements on the Representative List is also a guarantee of their capacity to support the implementation of the proposed safeguarding measures. Also, the collaboration of the four States while preparing the nomination file for the element has been efficient so far and it has set up a premise for a good collaboration in the future, at local, regional, national, and international levels.
The Ministries of Culture in the four States have also a good collaboration with local administrations and that will ensure support for organising workshops, exhibitions and other activities aimed at safeguarding the element.
At the same time, the four States will support cultural projects addressed at the safeguarding of the element (editing multimedia material, for example) by means of several instruments, like the Administration of the National Cultural Fund in Romania, the Bulgarian National Culture Fund,
the annual state budget grant of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Moldova for the cultural projects of the nongovernmental associations, the Cultural Heritage Department Office and the Department of Protection of Cultural Heritage which are part of the Ministry of Culture of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, as well as the Institute for Folklore and the Institute for Ethnology and Anthropology (University St. Kiril and Metodij – Skopje, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia).The Municipality of Delchevo (the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) supports the interactive project/ workshop between Bulgaria and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia through the Interreg-IPA Cross-borders Cooperation Program/Fund. The Ministry of Culture of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia financed the Student Ethnologists Association from Skopje to run a project dedicated to organising workshops in several preschools in Skopje in the period 2014-2015.
(iii) How have communities, groups or individuals been involved in planning the proposed safeguarding measures, including in terms of gender roles, and how will they be involved in their implementation?
Not fewer than 150 or more than 250 words
The representative communities for practising the element in each State Party have contributed directly to facilitate field research conducted in order to draft the nomination file. Experts have worked with community members to inventory and document the element and therefore they have been able to identify specific problems regarding its viability. That way, the identified problems could be addressed by the proposed safeguarding measures. Local mass media operators have also been indirectly involved into elaborating the safeguarding programme, by facilitating dialogue between experts and community members and debates on the feasibility of proposed measures, considering also the impact of consumer culture upon local variants of the element.
In Bulgaria, Moldova and Romania, community members have answered to letters from the National Commissions for the Safeguarding of the ICH, providing necessary local data to complete the nomination file. Also, in Romania and the Republic of Moldova, Mărţişor creators provided technical demonstrations of their craft for the record, and a selection of the material has been used to prepare the appended video.
Members of representative communities will implement the measures regarding transmission of knowledge and informal learning concerning the element, with support from local administration and the National Commissions for the Safeguarding of the ICH. They will provide updated documentation on the element and engage in dialogues with experts, cultural and media operators, supporting the promotion of the element.
As the element is very visible in all four capital cities of the involved State Parties, the numerous populations of these cities cannot be considered as four homogeneous representative communities and should be addressed rather as clusters of communities that share certain cultural practices associated to the 1st of March. These urban communities are already involved in the implementation of the proposed safeguarding measures by organising debates, round- tables and workshops in which different contexts of practising the element are presented and also, safeguarding measures are elaborated.
At the same time, volunteers from rural and urban communities alike will draw up several local inventories to document the creativity and diversity of the element. They will also be engaged in dialogues with their counterparts in other representative communities and will be actively involved in the process of monitoring, assessing and adjusting the proposed measures.
3.c. Competent body(ies) involved in safeguarding
Provide the name, address and other contact information of the competent body(ies), and if applicable, the name and title of the contact person(s), with responsibility for the local management and safeguarding of the element.
Name of the body: Republic of Bulgaria: Ministry of Culture, Regional Activities Department Name and title of
the contact person: Assoc. Prof. Ventzislav Velev, PhD, Director
Address: 17 Al. Stamboliyski blvd, Sofia 1000, Bulgaria Telephone number: +359 2 94 00 897
E-mail address: v.velev@mc.government.bg Other relevant
information: the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Institution: Cultural Heritage Protection Office/ Ministry of culture of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Contact person: Ivona Opetcheska Tatarchevska, MA, advisor for Intangible cultural heritage
Address: Bul. Gjuro Gjakovic No. 61, 1000 Skopje, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Telephone number: +38923289778 e-mail address: itatarcevska@gmail.com
Other relevant information: web site: http://uzkn.gov.mk/
Republic of Moldova
Institution: Department of International Cooperation/ Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Moldova
Contact person: Orest Dabija, Director
Address: 1, Piața Marii Adunări Naționale Street, Chişinău, MD-2033, the Republic of Moldova
Telephone number: + 373 22 27 84 97; Fax number: + 373 22 23 23 88.
e-mail address: orest.dabija@mc.gov.md
Other relevant information: official web-site http://www.mc.gov.md.
Romania
Institution: Ministry of Culture
Contact person: Emilian Gamureac, Director, Department of Cultural Heritage
Address: 22 Unirii Avenue, 3rd Disctrict, 030833, Bucharest Telephone number: +4 021 224 44 21
E-mail address: emilian.gamureac@cultura.ro, emilian_gamureac@yahoo.com
4. Community participation and consent in the nomination process
For Criterion R.4, the States shall demonstrate that ‘the element has been nominated following the widest possible participation of the community, group or, if applicable, individuals concerned and with their free, prior and informed consent’.
4.a. Participation of communities, groups and individuals concerned in the nomination process
Describe how the community, group or, if applicable, individuals concerned have participated actively in preparing and elaborating the nomination at all stages, including the role of gender.
States Parties are encouraged to prepare nominations with the participation of a wide variety of all concerned parties, including where appropriate local and regional governments, communities, NGOs, research institutes, centres of expertise and others. States Parties are reminded that the communities, groups and, in some cases, individuals whose intangible cultural heritage is concerned are essential participants throughout the conception and elaboration of nominations, proposals and requests, as well as the planning and implementation of safeguarding measures, and are invited to devise creative measures to ensure that their widest possible participation is built in at every stage, as required by Article 15 of the Convention.
Not fewer than 300 or more than 500 words
Bulgaria: The Ministry of Culture is engaged in coordinating the nominating activities and in financially ensuring the expert's participation in the meetings in Bucharest. The Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies with Ethnographic Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences has provided an expert in the research of the element and also archive materials for the nomination. The “Bacho Kiro – 1945” chitalishte [culture centre] in Sofia is a good representative as an active agent for transmission and popularization of the element in the city
environment. The “P. K. Yavorov – 1926” chitalishte in the village of Meshtitsa, Pernik region, has provided archive materials and shared experience in maintaining the First of March activities and in teaching children about their importance and meaning. The NGO Association “Day, babo, oganche!” from the town of Pernik in association with the Meshtitsa chitalishte has already organised for 8 years a National competition for making Martenitsi and as a result of it prepares exhibitions in the Municipality Youth Centre in Pernik.
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: Community representatives, experts and other cultural actors have collaborated to draft the nomination file in due time. The Institute for folklore
"Marko Cepenkov" – Skopje has provided an expert who has gathered the information and material regarding the nomination file. The UNESCO club NGO HAEMUS has actively participated in the preparation of the file as well as in the promotion of the element since 2013.
The Student Ethnologists Association from Skopje has collaborated in implementing several workshops in preschools in Skopje and the NGO “Pijanechki glas” from Delchevo has undertaken several activities regarding the element, which have contributed to the preparation of the multinational application. All actors involved have provided documents, photos and videos needed for the nomination form. Representatives of the concerned communities have also provided useful information regarding the element and they have taken part in debates on the appropriate safeguarding measures to be included in the nomination proposal. Since Skopje, as capital of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, is the largest city with population from all parts of the country, and the Municipality of Strumica is the main cultural and economical centre in the south-eastern part of the country, they have both been selected as representative for the widest possible community participation in the nomination process.
Republic of Moldova: In 2010 and 2011, local communities were addressed questionnaires on possible candidate elements for nomination. Several representatives of the communities who answered the questionnaires proposed the Mărţişor for the nomination. In the period 2013-2015, the National Museum of Ethnograpy and Natural History from Chișinău organised exhibitions and workshops, involving research institutions, communities, local authorities, NGOs and students into activities concerning the transmission and promotion of Mărţişor. The National Museum manages the oldest and largest collection of Mărţişoare in Moldova and has provided the necessary expertise to help elaborate the nomination.Together with the Society of Ethnology from the Republic of Moldova, the National Museum has documented and inventoried different practices and local aspects of the element, providing video, photo and other data. In the next stage, inhabitants of Chişinău and other towns and villages have actively participated in planning safeguarding measures, with support of the Society of Ethnology of the Republic of Moldova.
The Ministry of Culture, by agency of the National Commission for ICH Safeguarding, has organised meetings with representatives of cultural institutions (The National Centre for the Preservation and Promotion of the ICH, local houses of culture, local museums), cultural operators, researchers, NGOs and members of local communities, to elaborate safeguarding measures for Mărţişor.
Communities and NGOs which have been involved in the safeguarding of traditional local practices in recent years and participated actively in the nomination process have been selected as representative.
In 2015, the Society of Ethnology, with support of the Ministry of Culture, edited a book and a documentary film on Mărţişor, featuring 1st of March traditions in all the four submitting countries.
Romania: "Constantin Brăiloiu" Ethnography and Folklore Institute of the Romanian Academy has provided archive data and experts who have actively participated in field researches conducted in view of the nomination.
Experts from “Dimitrie Gusti” National Village Museum, the University of Bucharest and the National Centre for the Preservation and Promotion of Traditional Culture have also been part of the work group assembled to elaborate the nomination.
The National Centre for the Preservation and Promotion of Traditional Culture (which is now part of the Institute of National Heritage) has provided web space and assistance to post the electronic inventory page of the element.
The representatives of communities have supported the nomination process, by allowing
recording and documenting of the element on the field. At the same time, they have provided the experts with auxiliary material and documents necessary to prepare the nomination (photographs, video recordings, collections of Mărţişor type objects). Public administration officials in representative communities have supported the nomination and signed written agreements to that respect.
The 2013 academic research conducted by "Constantin Brăiloiu" Institute of Ethnography and Folklore in commune Mihail Kogălniceanu benefited of logistic support from the Cultural Foundation "Muşata Armână", a local NGO running projects that help safeguarding the cultural heritage of Aromanians. Community members have taken part in conferences and trainings organised by various institutions as part of the nomination process, identifying the components of envisaged cultural practices and also the local and contemporary features of the element. As a result, an adequate programme could be drafted, including measures that can be applied to particular cases. The collaboration among public institutions, NGOs and members of representative bearer communities has been constant and fruitful, leading to the completion of the nomination file in due time.
4.b. Free, prior and informed consent to the nomination
The free, prior and informed consent to the nomination of the element from the community, group or, if applicable, individuals concerned may be demonstrated through written or recorded concurrence, or through other means, according to the legal regimens of the State Party and the infinite variety of communities and groups concerned. The Committee will welcome a broad range of demonstrations or attestations of community consent in preference to standard or uniform declarations. Evidence of free, prior and informed consent shall be provided in one of the working languages of the Committee (English or French), as well as the language of the community concerned if its members use languages other than English or French.
Attach to the nomination form information showing such consent and indicate below what documents you are providing, how they were obtained and what form they take. Indicate also the gender of the people providing their consent.
Not fewer than 150 or more than 250 words
The documents that demonstrate the free, prior and informed consent expressed by communities with regard to the proposal of nominating cultural practices associated to the 1st of March for inscription on the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of UNESCO are:
- for Bulgaria: Agreement for Participation of National Chitalishte [culture Centre] “Bacho Kiro – 1945”, Sofia Municipality;
Agreement for Participation of National Chitalishte [culture Centre] “P. K. Yavorov – 1926”, Meshtitsa village, Pernik district;
- for the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: official agreement from the Municipality of the City of Skopje; official agreement from the Municipality of Strumica; official agreement from NGO HAEMUS - Skopje
- for Republic of Moldova: official agreements signed by legal representatives of selected communities and NGOs, who acknowledge the viability of the element and agree to support its safeguarding in the future;
- for Romania: official agreements signed by mayors of representative communities or (for Mihail Kogălniceanu), by the leader of the Cultural Foundation "Muşata Armână" and also by the president of one professional NGO (ASER).
Each agreement in native language has a French or English variant. All agreements are signed and stamped and they are attached to the hereby nomination form.
4.c. Respect for customary practices governing access to the element
Access to certain specific aspects of intangible cultural heritage or to information about it is sometimes restricted by customary practices enacted and conducted by the communities in order, for example, to maintain the secrecy of certain knowledge. If such practices exist, demonstrate that inscription of the element and implementation of the safeguarding measures would fully respect such customary practices governing access to specific aspects of such heritage (cf. Article 13 of the Convention). Describe any specific measures that might need to be taken to ensure such respect.
If no such practices exist, please provide a clear statement that there are no customary practices governing access to the element in at least 50 words
Not fewer than 50 or more than 250 words
There are no customary practices that restrict the access to cultural practices associated to the 1st of March in any of the four State Parties submitting the proposal of this element for the Representative List. All knowledge and techniques regarding making, offering, wearing and depositing the 1st of March artefacts are available to community members and to outsiders alike.
Children who take part in preschool and school workshops for making 1st of March artefacts are carefully guided by their teachers and often by adult members of their families who ensure a safe work environment.
4.d. Concerned community organization(s) or representative(s)
Provide detailed contact information for each community organization or representative, or other non-governmental organization, that is concerned with the element such as associations, organizations, clubs, guilds, steering committees, etc.:
a. Name of the entity
b. Name and title of the contact person
c. Address
d. Telephone number e. E-mail
f. Other relevant information
Bulgaria:
Institution 1: Ministry of Culture, Regional Activities Department Assoc. Prof. Ventzislav Velev, PhD, Director
17 Al. Stamboliyski Blvd., 1000, Sofia +359 2 94 00 897
v.velev@mc.government.bg
Institution 2: Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies with Ethnographic Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences – Sofia
Assoc. Prof. Petko Hristov, PhD, Director
Acad. G. Bonchev Street, bl. 6, 1113, Sofia, Bulgaria +359 879 504 448
hristov_p@yahoo.com
Institution 3: National Chitalishte [culture Centre] "Bacho Kiro - 1945"
Stela Nenova, President
16 Makedoniya Blvd., 1606, Sofia, Sofia Municipality, Bulgaria +359 876 852 767
stelanenova@abv.bg
Institution 4: National Chitalishte [culture Centre] "P. K. Yavorov - 1926"
Zhana Yordanova, President and contact person
40 G. Dimitrov Street, 2353 Meshtitsa village, Pernik district, Bulgaria +359 889 314 115
jana_63@abv.bg
NGO: Association “Day, babo, oganche!”
Zhana Yordanova, President and contact person
21 Parvi May Str., Tvardi livadi quarter, 2300 Pernik, Bulgaria +359 889 314 115
dai_babo_ogan4e@mail.bg
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia:
Institution 1: Institute for Folklore "Marko Cepenkov" – Skopje Contact person: Zorancho Malinov, PhD, Director
Address: ul. Ruzveltova No. 3, 1000 Skopje, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Telephone number: +389 23080176; fax number: +389 23080177
e-mail address: malinov2000@yahoo.com
Institution 2: NGO HAEMUS – Centre for Scientific Research and Promotion of Culture Contact person: Vasilka Dimitrovska, president
e-mail address: contact@haemus.org.mk web address: www.haemus.org.mk
Institution 3: Cultural Heritage Protection Office/ Ministry of Culture of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Contact person: Ivona Opetcheska Tatarchevska, MA, advisor for Intangible cultural heritage Address: ul. Gjuro Gjakovic No. 61, 1000 Skopje, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Telephone number: +38923289778
e-mail address: itatarcevska@gmail.com web site: http://uzkn.gov.mk
Institution 4: The City of Skopje, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Contact person: Mirjana Apostolova
Address: bul. “Ilinden” br. 82, 1000 Skopje, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Telephone number: + 389 2 329 72 35
Web site: www.skopje.gov.mk
e-mail address: mirjana.apostolova@skopje.gov.mk
Institution 5: Municipality of Strumica, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Contact person: Suzana Taseva
Address: ul. Sando Masev br. 1, 24000 Strumica, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Telephone number: +389 34 348030
Web site: www.strumica.gov.mk e-mail address: info@strmica.gov.mk
Institution 6: Native authors association "Pijanechki glas" Delchevo Contact person: Persa Stojanovska
Address: ul. Svetozar Markovich bb. 2320, Delchevo, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Telephone number: +389 72687134
e-mail address: glas_pijanecki@yahoo.com Republic of Moldova:
Institution 1: Town Council Chişinău Contact person: Dorin Chirtoacă, mayor Address: MD-2012; bd. Ştefan cel Mare, 83
Telephone number: +373.22.20.17.08; +373.22.22.10.02;
E-mail address: dorin.chirtoaca@gmail.com.
Institution 2: City hall village Ciuciulea, Glodeni district Contact person: Calistru Ilie
Telephone number: +373.249 79 236.
Mail: primaria@inbox.ru
Institution 3: Culture House, village Sofia, Drochia district Contact person: Larisa Banaru, manager
Telephone number: +373.252.30500; +373.252.30234; +373 060 033 065.
Institution 4: city hall, Corneşti city, Ungheni district Contact person: Vera Buga, mayor
Telephone number: +373.236.43.169; 373.236.43.236.
Mail: primaria.or.cornesti@mail.md
Institution 5: Museum of the Village, village Vălcineţ, Călăraşi district Contact person: Curmei Ecaterina, director
Telephone number: +373.0244.32.485; +373.067.278.418.
E-mail address: primariavalcinet@gmail.com
Institution 6: Museum of History and Ethnography, village Hârbovăţ, Anenii Noi district Contact person: Radu Eudochia, director
Telephone number: +373.265.72397; +373 265.72.374; +373.069.941.203.
Institution 7: Culture House Leuşeni, Hânceşti district Contact person: Gheorghe Copăceanu, director
Telephone number: +373.269.54.236; +373 069 346 808.
NGO: Society of Ethnology of the Republic of Moldova Contact person: Buzilă Varvara, president
Address: 82, M. Kogălniceanu street, Chişinău, MD-2009
Telephone number: +373.24 54 09; fax number: +373.22.214080.
E-mail address: buzila.varvara@gmail.com Romania:
Institution 1: Town Council of Bucharest Contact person: Răzvan Sava, mayor
Address: 291-293 Splaiul Independenţei, 060042 Bucharest, Romania Telephone number: +4 021 305 5500; fax number: +4 021 312 0030 web-site: www.pmb.ro
Institution 2: Commune Council Buciumi
